Summer Diary: An account of our
summer research experience from an experimental log-book perspective. This
diary references the protocols that we employed and includes some of our
results. Data, tips, student original work, phage biology content and
experimental recommendations are found here.1

Phage Reading: Online resources
that pay respect to phage biology are abundant. I have some outstanding
resources here, and will continue to add more.

Phage Vocabulary and Notes: At first, phage
research may seem daunting. After all, these are microorganisms studied by
professional scientists, right? Actually, phages can be very simple to understand
and work with. Here are some phage vocabulary words to help us discover
and describe phages. Additional notes and important concepts, many
delivered by Dr. Jacobs, can be found
in our Phagefinders 2003 summer diary.

Phage Methods: These methods allow for
the isolation and study of unique mycobacteriophage.

(These students findings are shown as separate entities herein.
Their data has been analyzed differently in a manuscript to be submitted to the
American Biology Teacher. This manuscript amplifies the effectiveness of
this website.)

1Due to the
following policy, as indicated (for example) by the American Society of
Microbiology Scientific Journals, some data regarding our scientific outcomes is
omitted from this diary. These data are to be submitted to scientific
journals, and therefore cannot be posted online because of
this policy from The Journal of
Infection and Immunity : "Posting of a limited amount of original data on a
personal/university/company website or websites of small collaborative groups
working on a problem does not preclude subsequent submission to, and publication
by, an ASM journal. The posted data, however, may not constitute the
substance of the submission..... Ultimately it is the editorial decision whether
the material constitutes the substance of a paper."